EVERYTHING'S COMING UP 'ROSIE'.....2 BOOKS YOU DARE NOT MISS....

THE ROSIE PROJECT and its sequel, THE ROSIE EFFECT by Graeme Simision are those rare beasts that we hardly ever come across (and believe us, BQ scours libraries and bookstores exhaustively)...rare in that they are charming, witty, laugh-out-loud romantic comedies that can entertain men and women readers equally.

The closest comparison to Simision's strangely endearing Prof. Don Tillman would be Jim Parsons' portrayal of the relentlessly dysfunctional Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory."  Tillman, a brilliant academic hard-wired like a super computer is afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism that renders him robotic and stunted when dealing with other people..... and immune to the everyday subtleties of humor, irony and sarcasm. So naturally, Tillman's decision to launch an analytical, scientific search for a potential wife leads to endlessly funny and heartwarming complications.

Tillman's search also inadvertently leads him to Rosie, a no nonsense barmaid on the hunt for her biological father. She, of course, possesses none of Don's qualifications for a mate.....ah, but and you and I know better, don't we? The collision of these two complete opposites, along with Don's hapless encounters and interactions with normal society (which rarely go well) makes these books delightful page turners. Pretending for a moment we're on "The Bachelor", BQ hands out a full 5 ***** roses to the "Rosie" duo. Put both of them on your "to read" agenda.